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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1942
Page
9
The notice explains that Review Classifieds appear in three publications and offer advertisers results in Carroll and Rock Island counties. Rates are based on a reasonable charge for the service and territory. Ads must stay within proper classification and the Review style of type, with the publication responsible for only one incorrect insertion.
A notice warns against hunting or trespassing on land leased from the government along Route 80 north of Thomson and on land occupied by Guy Turney. Trespassers will be prosecuted according to law.
Weekly auctions at Sterling Sales Pavilion Sterling Ll feature horses cattle hogs sheep and more starting 10 30 a m. Brookville Sales held Wednesdays at 12 30 p m with horses dairy cattle butcher cattle and livestock offerings. Auctioneers U B Wehmeyer and Harry Kipnis assist Mt Carroll Fla sale on Nov 6 at 11 00 a m including horses cattle hogs sheep and misc. William Handel hosts a closing out sale on his Chadwick area farm Wednesday Nov 25 with cattle hogs farm machinery grain and household goods. Mrs Emma Eslinger plans a closing out sale near Thomson on Saturday Dec 19.
Local listings advertise home appliances from Home Appliance Co Fulton and Thoms on, used 20 gauge Winchester, radios and Philco sets, cream separators, butterfat payments by N P Peterson Rock Island Creamery, and farm items like baled straw hay and corn 1942 crop. Also offered are lodging for elderly ladies and dining furniture with contact names and routes.
A humorous Sabula Gazette column mocks wartime prudery, rubber drive talk, and social foibles. Local jests note slang and gender remarks, joking about salvage campaigns and lead in pencils while teasing readers with fast quips and regional patter.
A new Ozark businessman aims to improve his former home life by sending his parents a bathtub and later receives a grateful letter. Meanwhile at Camp Claiborne a Black first sergeant orders his infantry to raise dust upon his whistle, signaling readiness and discipline.
Perry Buxton, famed for Wapsie poetry and humor, defends bathing girls photos in the Des Moines Register. He questions prudish dress codes and argues modern women wear sensible clothing that dismisses vulgar comments, noting harsh judgments of Mable.
Article 2 section 11 of the game and fish code prohibits entering another’s property without permission. Trespassers on lands owned or tenanted by Jurgens and Sons Thomson face full prosecution. Other names will be added to this list for the hunting season lasting 60.
A fragment from The American Weekly recounts the Hermit of Giant Rock and a desert rat whose true nature remains unknown whether smug gler Nazi saboteur or harmless vagrant. It also notes an engineering student earning full credit despite the misspelled river blasting remark.
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